Works also with cayenne, AND DON'T FORGET THE GINGER. Make sure everything is organic. It is the most amazing flu-buster drink ever.

1. Juice of one organic lemon
2. About a teaspoon of organic honey (or as much as you want)
3. Heaping teaspoon of organic ginger, peeled and finely chopped
4. Three cloves of organic garlic
5. Three generous shakes of organic cayenne pepper
6. Spring water

Squeeze the lemon juice into a generous-sized mug. Remove any seeds from the juice. Add honey, ginger, garlic and cayenne pepper. Heat the water until it's just hot (don't boil it). Add a bit to the mug and stir/mash ingredients with a fork. Let everything 'steep' for about 3 minutes. In the meantime, heat the rest of the water until it's hot (not boiling). Fill mug, stir contents, and enjoy! The 'medicine' can be quite strong at first, so I like to keep adding hot water as I drink it. But those first few sips will put fire in your blood, guaranteed!


Also -- don't forget to chew and swallow the 'dregs' at the bottom of the mug when you're finished. They taste kind of gross (as good medicine should taste!), so you might want to have lots of spring water on hand to wash them down.